This is an analysis of the poem Mrs. Elizabeth Harris, that begins with:
Died at Hartford, Sunday evening, September 9th, 1860, aged 80.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X abcccb Xdaaad baeeea XXaaaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011100101111 110010101 010101 110010101 01011101 01110111 001101 11111101 011101 000101010 010001010 010111110 010101 111100001 110101 010111001 11010111 11010101 110101 11110101 111101 11011101 1110111 01000111 110011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word her is repeated.
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